Newsprint is the single largest cost head in a newspaper industry and also largest consumable and hence attracts maximum attention in any printing corporation. Control on Newsprint wastage is desired since long. Organizations, world over endeavored to monitor, control and reduce newsprint consumption. It involves lot of manual intervention and interface.

In order to capture all data points one has to deploy additional manpower, but human intervention and dependence is prone to errors hence the repetitive data logging is achieved by capturing the parameters through real time interface with the machine. The proposed system will accurately, precisely and continuously capture all the parameters.

The system tracks the newsprint roll weight right from the receipt and delivery. Every newsprint roll is bar coded at the entry point, which makes it easy to track and retrieve the characteristic of a roll.
System captures Weight of Wrapper, Tear off, Printed Waste due to web breaks and reel ends, number of copies printed.
Having known the Weight and the paper consumption, the system computes GSM, not only static but also dynamically.
News Print managers can now arrive at accurate and precise newsprint waste figures. Saving accrued by implementing the e-Press Totaliser will ensure quicker ROI than other conventional systems. The system will also monitor and assure printing operator’s efficiency
The Proposed system can be used to communicate all the parameters dynamically providing information necessary to the management such as print order, remaining copies, printing time, machine start and stop timings, web breaks, newsprint consumption and waste generated.

GSM Monitoring News print supply is not consistent and there is a variation in GSM (grams per square meter). Presently this is not accurately computed, at best one can take a few sample off the newsprint and measure the weight and compute GSM. The e-Press Totaliser logs GSM along the length of the roll. The load cells installed will capture the weight dynamically as the newsprint is drawn and log it with copies printed. This will give accurate GSM figures, evaluate quality of newsprint and help select the right supplier.

Often the web breaks are related to the quality of newsprint. The GSM tracking will address these issues and enable tighter control and monitoring of the supply.

Waste Monitoring Since the system tracks the news print right from delivery point, it can capture weight of wrapper of a roll, tear-off from the roll, printed waste by capturing number of copies from the time of web break, yield of a newsprint roll in terms of number of impressions and reel end of a roll.

This makes the waste tracking an easy job. Now even the waste disposal becomes easy, as the newspaper manager exactly knows the disposal at hand and computes the waste recovery.

Strategic MIS The MIS will help in devising strategies to have tighter control over the entire pressroom related parameters.

Information dissemination All the parameters are available on-line or off-line and this can be distributed over email or even hosted on the website. The data will be dynamically uploaded on the web site so that it can offer dynamic data.

Maintaining inventory level Different newsprint rolls have different weight and hence it becomes difficult to track the total newsprint in tonnage when rolls are drawn from the go-down. The proposed system will address this issue and help maintain minimum inventory levels. The system aims at monitoring and controlling inventory by accurately computing the balance newsprint.

Reduced Manpower The newsprint department in a corporation has at-least two officers handling the wastage. Now the data is captured online and will also be available on-line without any manual intervention. This reduces manual intervention thereby accruing manpower savings.

Improved Efficiency The report will also define benchmarks for best machine performance. The data available will set performance benchmarks and enable constant improvisations. The entire system over a period of time will translate into a single largest reservoir of data, which will enable fault forecasting and proactive correction.

Disaster avoidance All the parameter captured will be compared against defined benchmarks and tolerance limits. Once any values cross the minimum allowable band, the system will escalate it to the concerned officer for possible correction and avert a possible disaster.

Additional benefits of the new system also can be realized with increased diagnostics and reporting capabilities, resulting in better MIS and predictive maintenance.

The GUI (Graphical User Interface) simulates a pressroom on the web. While you are away from the press room; traveling or at home and want to check the printing status, simply logon to the web site and see it for your self! The entire machine parameters are available to you and you can have a look at the information rich, real time, and on-line status of the pressroom. This web site will give you not only the present status but also what has happened thus far and how did the printers cope up with various breakdowns.

The system can also capture these on a mail and send it to you as a DAILY DASH BOARD. The system is not merely a data logger but also has the intelligence to evaluate the performance of the day and also redefine benchmarks. Security features are inbuilt so that only known persons will be allowed to view or access the system